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SPORT AND FITNESS
Boat Club (Rowing)
The Boat Club has been in existence at Abingdon
School for over 180 years and goes from strength to
strength. Boys can row from the Third Year upwards
and training takes place both in the school gym and
at the boathouse on The Thames.
We have a number of aims for the Club, at different
levels. The Third Year (J14) is an introductory year
where we try to give everybody a fair chance to
improve and to see if they like it. We compete in a
number of ‘friendlies’ against other schools and later
on in the year we compete at some regattas,
including The National Schools’ Championships.
The next few years through J15 and J16 are spent
developing 1st and 2nd VIIIs, which will compete at
external regattas and National Schools’
championships. The School competes at Henley
Royal Regatta and participates in the Junior
International scheme, and boys have represented
Great Britain since 1992. We try to accommodate all
abilities and levels of commitment to foster enjoyment
of a great team sport. We hope to maintain, and build
on, our reputation as one of the most successful
school boat clubs in the UK. There is a very active
parents/friends supporters club, FASBC.
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